Fort Apache (1948)
Shirley Temple: Philadelphia Thursday
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Quotes
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[Philadelphia is visiting in the home of the O'Rourke's - Col. Thursday comes in, displeased]
Lt. Col. Thursday : Come, Phil.
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : Col. Thursday, sir, I would like...
Lt. Col. Thursday : Mr. O'Rourke, I want no words with you at this time.
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : But, Colonel, sir...
Lt. Col. Thursday : You heard me, sir. Now get out of here before I say something I may regret.
RSM Mchael O'Rourke : This is my home, Colonel Owen Thursday. And in my home I will say who is to get out and who is to stay. And I will remind the Colonel that his presence here - uninvited - is contrary to Army regulations... not to mention the code of a well-mannered man!
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : Dad, please. Col. Thursday, sir, what I've been trying to tell you, sir, is that I love your daughter; and I ask her now, in your presence,
[turns to Philadelphia]
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : to be my wife.
Philadelphia Thursday : Yes, Michael.
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Captain Yorke : [quoting regulations] "An officer, upon reporting to a new post, must wait upon his commanding officer at the first possible moment. He will leave his card."
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : [continuing to quote the regulation] "He will leave an additional card for each lady in the commanding officer's family."
Captain Yorke : [continuing] "All other officers on the post will, in turn, leave their cards at the quarters of the incoming officer."
[to O'Rourke]
Captain Yorke : Right?
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : Right!
[to Philadelphia]
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : Now do you understand?
Philadelphia Thursday : It was just a duty call?
Captain Yorke : That's it - just a duty call. But there's nothing in the regulations that says the commanding officer's daughter should receive such cards on her backporch... in her nightie.
Philadelphia Thursday : Pish tosh! This is not a nightie.
[to O'Rourke]
Philadelphia Thursday : It's a dressing gown, isn't it?
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : I wouldn't know.
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Captain Yorke : Were you born in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia Thursday : No, Pomfret, Connecticut. I was named after my mother.
Captain Yorke : Oh, she was born in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia Thursday : No, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She was named after grandmother. Grandmother was the first Philadelphia in our family.
2nd Lt. Michael O'Rourke : Oh, then she was...
Philadelphia Thursday : No, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
